For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “Inversion – Third Person Shooter with Gravitational Manipulation” A third person shooter with gravitational shifts and aliens?! Sign …
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Websites switch off in protest
More than 12 large websites are going down today to protest against controversial anti piracy bills which have originated from the US. They claim that these rulings could restrict free speech. Websites such as Craigslist, Moveon.org, Reddit and Wikipedia are participating in a blackout to protest against the ‘Stop Online …
Read More »Arctic release Accelero Hybrid – Water cooling system for VGA
In line with ARCTIC’s leading position in Active Fan VGA coolers, we are proud to announce the development of a new VGA Cooling Solution – Accelero HYBRID which has an immaculate cooling performance for high-end VGA card users due to its integrated liquid and fan cooling solutions. Maximally differentiated from …
Read More »Apple sauces confirm iPhone 5 for July
The jump from a regular iPhone to the iPhone 4s impressed almost every industry pundit. The addition of the ‘s' indicated a minor update, but the overall phone has been very well received. Phones you can talk to, seems next gen enough to warrant the changing of the number from …
Read More »NZXT releases new Switch 810 Full Tower
El Monte, CA – January 17, 2012 – NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the Switch 810 hybrid chassis. Built for the hardcore PC enthusiast, Switch 810 is the most versatile and highly adaptable full tower chassis to date. It enables …
Read More »Team Group release Xtreem LV 2600mhz DDR3 Quad Channel memory
As its previous Xtreem LV DDR3 2400 CL9 has won overwhelming compliments, the company gets the chance again to bring out the upgraded Xtreem LV DDR3 2600 Quad-Channel CL10. This limited edition is by far the fastest and the only manufacturer to meet the extremely high standards of the 1T …
Read More »Punters may have to pay a fortune for Windows 8 tablets
Many people are waiting with baited breath for the upcoming release of Windows 8 tablets, however if initial reports from the Far East are to be taken seriously, it looks like many of the tablets may cost between $600 and $900, which could translate to a minimum of £500. If …
Read More »Tablet sales explode as owners eye up a second buy
Previous estimates for the UK tablet market may need to be chewed up and spat out, as new data reveals that we're not happy sharing. Nope, in 2012, we want more, more, more. KitGuru cries, “Get your hands orf my iPad!”. At KitGuru, we love rolling the clock back. It …
Read More »Apple get lifelike doll of Steve Jobs removed from sale
We reported a while ago on the company who were creating a lifelike doll of the late Apple leader Steve Jobs. When Apple got wind of the project, they threatened legal action against the company. As we expected, Apple have managed to get the doll pulled from sale, even though …
Read More »Wikipedia to shut down for a day in piracy protest
Wikipedia will be shutting down for 24 hours this week to protest against internet piracy laws in the United States. This will affect millions of users who use the website daily for information. Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia said that the blackout is going ahead despite the White House …
Read More »Apple co founder Wozniak says Android is way ahead
Steve Wozniak has always been an honest guy, even when it involves Apple. He says he owns both an iPhone and an Android phone, but says that he wished his iPhone would do all the things that the Android phone can do. He spoke with Dan Lyons for the Daily …
Read More »Will Honda be forced to cough up $1 Billion for mis-selling?
In the old days, it was the statisticians of the world who were accused of conning folk. The expression lies, damn lies and statistics, showed clearly where on the ‘line of truth' the number boffins lived. Now, without doubt, its the PR, marketing and sales people that stretch the fabric …
Read More »Enermax Revolution 87+ 1000W Power Supply Review
Enermax are one of the most highly regarded companies in the power supply sector, and today we are looking at their latest Revolution 87+ 1000W unit, targeting the high end audience with Crossfire and SLI system configurations. The Revolution 87+ 1000W is a modular design, ErP Lot 6 ready, 80 …
Read More »Asus Overclocking Masters UK – win great prizes!
Overclocking is all about getting something for nothing. It's about making impossible speed, possible. To celebrate the dark art of the overclocking, the world's leading component manufacturer has teamed up with Kingston Technology, Multiplay and the UK's fastest growing technology news and review site, KitGuru, to bring you a unique …
Read More »Can you overclock? Win with ASRock
Are you any good at overclocking? then you might want to enter the new competition held by ASrock which features sponsors Kingston, Sparkle and Roccat. The world leading motherboard brand ASRock announced today to organize 2012 Global OC Competition with Futuremark®, the creators of the world's most popular benchmarks and …
Read More »Hard drive prices begin the return voyage to ‘normality’
As any keen KitGuru reader will tell you, the price of the Samsung 1TB F3 drive has been our yardstick through these troubling, post-Thai-flood times. Good news on drive prices has been trickling through, but it's likely to become a deluge soon enough. KitGuru installs a wide-angle lens and scans …
Read More »513 million Internet users in China
Official data posted online shows that more than 500 million people in China now use the Internet. According to the report, almost half of them use weibos, microblogs similar by design to Twitter which can bypass the countries powerful censors. These weibos are growing in popularity as people can get …
Read More »Microsoft is heading for extinction, says CES
According to the organisers and exhibitors of the Consumer Electronics Show in Lost Wages, Nevada, Microsoft is the past and – it would seem – that Google is very definitely the future. KitGuru battles insomnia/Jet Lag to check the facts. We all think of the world as windows-based, multi-tasking, interwibble …
Read More »Xebec Tech HTPC Mini Wireless Keyboard Review
Xebec Tech are not a very well known company but they produce a very interesting and innovative range of products which are quite different to what else is available on the market at the moment. All of their products are designed in the UK and their product range encompasses multimedia …
Read More »Is upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 enough to help declining sales?
Nokia are said to release their Lumia 900 smart phone this coming March in the United States. Other countries will get the new high tech phone shortly afterwards. A newsletter was published on the Nokia Developer Website which read “It will become available exclusively through AT&T in March. With support …
Read More »Apple join Fair Labor Association, open doors to partners
Foxconn have faced criticism regarding employee suicides in the last year. Apple are one of their most important partners and are trying to counter the complaints against the working conditions of the people who build their products. Apple have joined the Fair Labor Association, which was set up in Washington …
Read More »Russian Mars Probe crashes into Pacific
Russia launched a scientific probe, meant to visit a Martian Moon, but it never made it out of the Earth's orbit. It has crashed into the Pacific Ocean, around 700 miles west of Chile at the weekend, according to Russian Military spokesman. This probe, called the Phobos Grunt was circling …
Read More »Rupert Murdoch attacks Google over ‘piracy’
Twitter is the new launching pad for celebrities to air their views online, and the latest comes from Rupert Murdoch who has used his Twitter account to attack Google. He has accused the search engine giant of highlighting free links to the Mission Impossible film, causing piracy concerns. Google have …
Read More »Sony Z Series Review (i7, Bluray, 1080p, Raid SSD, AMD HD6650, dual battery)
Sony have been creating laptop computers now for as long as I can remember and their flagship range, the Z Series has been attracting the attention of aficionados for many years. Today we are looking at a fully specified Z Series system with Core i7, full 1080p 13.1 inch screen, …
Read More »Virgin Media give 100mbit customers upgrade and reduce cost
Virgin Media offer some of the United Kingdom's fastest broadband services but as we have reported in the past, their services have received a lot of complaints from unhappy customers. In July last year they trialed a 1.5Gbps broadband service but it did nothing to stop tens of thousands of …
Read More »Win Steelseries Fnatic Limited Edition and Konnet goodies!
Another year, and some more great prizes to be given away to our lucky readers. Seven lucky people will end up with some tasty hardware next month. Today we are giving away some very nice Steelseries branded Fnatic goodies and 5 Konnet iCrado Plus stands for Apple products! We have …
Read More »Gamers abandon retail stores. Sales decline in 2011.
Market Researcher the NPD Group have analysed games sales last year, focusing on December. Their report is very negative showing an overall drop of 8 percent in 2011, with December suffering from a 21 percent decline in sales. While the focus of the report is the American audience, the figures …
Read More »Microsoft making a fortune from royalties on Android smartphones
Microsoft have had their claws in the Android market now for some time, and the latest reports we have received show that LG are paying them royalties now to use the Android operating system. The agreement between LG and Microsoft mean that they can use patented technology in their phones …
Read More »Flagship Apple Store in China pelted with eggs
An Apple retail store in Beijing, China has been pelted with eggs after customers were told that sales of the iPhone 4S would not go ahead as planned. Police were called to the scene and they tried to calm down aggressive customers unhappy with the situation. Apple have stopped all …
Read More »IBM break Moore’s Law, bit size cut to 12 atoms
IBM announced yesterday that after five years of work that they have been able to reduce to number of atoms required to create a bit of data. Computerworld have reported on this and spoke to Andreas Heinrich, IBM research Staff member who said “Looking at this conservatively … instead of …
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